[AccessD] OLE DB being retired

I for one will not be happy to see OLE leaving. It is a very fast protocol
as all the encumbrances of the ODBC wrapper were removed. Matching ADO with
OLE was always fast and slick...a real dream to work with.

I do wonder why support for such an elegant designed product was removed? 

Fortunately, desktop application have been slowly migrating to browser/web
bases designs and it disappearance will have little negative impact.

Jim
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 7:04 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] OLE DB being retired

Just when you thought the craziness at MSFT had stopped:

Rohan Lam, the Program Manager for SQL Server Connectivity, has officially
stated that the next version of SQL Server,Denali, will be the last that
will support OLE DB. The SQL Server OLE DB provider will then be deprecated
in favour of SQL Server Native Client ODBC. In seven years' time OLE DB will
be a dead, unsupported technology for SQL Server. What does one read into
this remarkable handbrake-turn? Microsoft still publishes White Papers
exhorting us to abandon ODBC in favour of OLE DB. Is it is now time to
abandon OLE DB?

www.sqlservercentral.com



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